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Nevilledog

(50,683 posts)
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 02:08 PM Sep 2022

WI Sen. Ron Johnson Says Don't Worry, He Was Just Lying About Not Opposing Gay Marriage





https://www.wonkette.com/-2658163491

Yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters that the Senate is going to vote in the next few weeks on codifying marriage equality in federal law, a vote that's necessary because Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, in his concurring opinion in Dobbs, pubed out all over the place about how next it's time to look at overturning marriage, and contraception, and whatever else makes Christian fascists have angry shameful palpitations in their bathing suit regions.

Ten Republicans haven't signed on yet — you know, because in upside down batshit Senate world, you have to get 60 percent of the vote to win, yee haw democracy! — but Schumer seems to feel like he can get there.

Interestingly, after the House voted on its version of the bill, with 47 House Republicans in support, Ron Johnson from Wisconsin was not on the list of senators immediately opposed. At the time, he said he saw "no reason to oppose" a bill to enshrine marriage equality in the law. And then he said "Ope!" and walked away carrying a giant block of cheese over his shoulder and nobody ever saw him again.

Just kidding, he has been seen again, because the bastard suddenly has reasons why he can't support this marriage equality bill. Very dumb bullshit religious liberty reasons. It's a well-known fact among white fascist Republicans that if anything in American life causes white fundamentalist Christians any mild discomfort, simply by existing, then it is a vicious attack on their religious freedom and must be stopped.

Listen to Johnson bitch and moan about how he only said he saw "no reason to oppose" the bill to get the media OFF HIS BACK. What is he, a senator who has to answer to the public or something?






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WI Sen. Ron Johnson Says Don't Worry, He Was Just Lying About Not Opposing Gay Marriage (Original Post) Nevilledog Sep 2022 OP
What a bastard Poiuyt Sep 2022 #1
Let's see if I have this right, he hates gays, he hates women, Emile Sep 2022 #2
and he hates blacks too. Emile Sep 2022 #8
Baldwins? Who are the Baldwins? ZonkerHarris Sep 2022 #3
You know, Alec, Stephen, etc (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Sep 2022 #9
as in Senator Tammy Baldwin of WI dsc Sep 2022 #11
OK, thank you. I guess I shouldn't expect Ron to make much sense anyway ZonkerHarris Sep 2022 #13
In our govt, one US senator, just one, has a ton of power. A ton. Yavin4 Sep 2022 #4
Well he's a GQP so it makes MontanaMama Sep 2022 #5
bye Felicia! Meadowoak Sep 2022 #6
"That wound"? What precious little snowflakes they all are, such poor victims ... Hugh_Lebowski Sep 2022 #7
An openly bad person EnergizedLib Sep 2022 #10
Riiiiiiight... sakabatou Sep 2022 #12
Wait ...Did Wisconsin elect a ..."Gay Senator?"...Is that correct? Stuart G Sep 2022 #14
Send Russia's johnson back to Moscow. Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2022 #15

Yavin4

(35,357 posts)
4. In our govt, one US senator, just one, has a ton of power. A ton.
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 02:15 PM
Sep 2022

And on the Republican side, you have Ron Johnson and Tommy Tuberville, and they're currently running Herschel Walker and Dr. Oz.

 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
7. "That wound"? What precious little snowflakes they all are, such poor victims ...
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 02:28 PM
Sep 2022

Awww, everyone doesn't believe in your magical ancient book and your sky-daddy, and grant your personal beliefs legal deference, so you have a sad?

That's gotta be just awful.

Stuart G

(38,359 posts)
14. Wait ...Did Wisconsin elect a ..."Gay Senator?"...Is that correct?
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 05:12 PM
Sep 2022

Ronnie Boy you can join "Ozzie Boy" for being stupid...

And guess what? You will lose your election too...just like "Ozzie Boy."

Isn't that a sarcastic remark about Senator Baldwin?.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,039 posts)
15. Send Russia's johnson back to Moscow.
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 06:25 PM
Sep 2022

Roe, Roe, Roe your vote
against theocracy!
Republicans revoke your rights
and kill democracy!

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